dewdrop refraction

[troypiggo]

Had a friend ask if they could have a print of this recently. Thought I'd post it here.

Those larger dewdrops with the flower refractions in them are only one or 2mm diameter and that's not a leaf, it's a blade of grass. I used a 100mm macro lens and 68mm of extension tubes to get 2:1 magnification.

[DJDD]

awesome shot.

[acropolite]

Awesome shot Troy, I've seen some of these before on the Australian Photography forum, yours is every bit as good as those I have seen.:thumbsup:

[lacad01]

That shot is outstanding, so clear and beautiful in its artistry, well done :thumbsup:

[astroron]

Terrific Shot Troy,I love it:thumbsup:

[Kevnool]

Incredible work Troy 10/10.
Cheers kev.

[iceman]

Stunning, brilliant!

[Dennis]

A lovely photo Troy - just beautiful.

Cheers

Dennis

[troypiggo]

Thanks guys. :)

[RobF]

Wow. So clear. Love it.

[astro_south]

Great shot Troy :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Brilliant shot Troy!

Makes my dew-covered rose images look a bit ordinary!

Cheers,
Stephen

[M54]

:eyepop:WOW!

And Stephen, there's nothing ordinary about your dew covered roses.
:thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Thanks Rob, Andrew, Stephen, and Molly.

Stephen, as Molly said, there's nothing ordinary about your roses shot. Very nice.

[RB]

Beautiful shot Troy.

I love doing this type of macro shot but haven't done so for a while, this is an inspiration.
You've done a splendid job.

:thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Thanks Molly and Troy. And congratulations again on this image Troy.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Octane]

Troy,

Simply magnificent.

Can't stop looking. Made my day.

Regards,
Humayun

[troypiggo]

Thanks Andrew and Humayun. I love taking these shots. Just need the inspiration to get up early to take them, and think I'm getting some here... :)

[AlexN]

Utterly fantastic.. One of the best photos I've seen on this forums, and there have been some absolute rippers posted on here...

This takes the cake!

Alex.

[Quark]

Stunning image Troy,

The reflections in the dewdrops are amazing, such simple and most beautiful symmetry.

Regards
Trevor

[troypiggo]

Thanks Alex and Trevor! :)

[dpastern]

Not to take anything away from Troy's most excellent image, but you should check out some of LordV's shots on his flickr pages.

Troy - I presume that you used CombineZM for this image?

Dave

[troypiggo]

No. I've never successfully used CombineZM. If I remember correctly, this was a single shot and I just got lucky that the refraction was in focus at the exact same distance as the grass blade. I have done some of these with 2 focus points - one for the refraction and one for the blade, and just manually layer mask blend them together. Don't think I needed to for this one, though.

Re: CombineZM - have you checked out Zerene Stacker (http://zerenesystems.com/stacker/)? I haven't done much macro lately, but I've heard good things about it. I know Brian (LordV) was at least testing it out, not sure if he's gone back to CZM or not.

[Jeffkop]

One of the best pictures I've seen on this forum ... I'd be very proud of that

[dpastern]

I'm not shooting much of anything these days Troy, let alone Macro. And even then, I was never really a fan of CombineZM. This was about the best shot that I managed with CombineZM - Six or Seven slices from memory:

http://www.macro-images.com/images/Macro/Insects/Grasshoppers_Crickets_katydids/slides/New-Out999_998%20copy.jpg

Dave

[scopemankit]

Wow! They make perfect lenses.

[troypiggo]

Thanks Jeff and Chris :)

Dave - that's a pretty good stack. I don't have the patience or steady enough hands to do stacking, although I might try to use my new carbon fibre monopod similar to Brian's beanpole idea. I kind of prefer the "au naturel" shallow DoF look we all know and expect from macro.

[dpastern]

Troy - truth be told, I agree with you. I'm a natural kinda guy, which is why I don't go for 5x mag shots and generally, for stacking. I like to see the Insect/Arachnid in its surroundings, you can't do that at high mags.

Dave

[rick01]

Oh my, thats very elaborated pic. I can't stop lookin at this.

Roman